Phonemic, associative, and grammatical context effects with identified and unidentified primes.
Six experiments are reported that assess priming effects on lexical decision (in Serbo-Croatian) when the context is identifiable (unmasked conditions) and when it is unidentifiable due to forward masking (masked conditions). Word acceptance is slowed by a phonemically similar context that is not masked but hastened by a phonemically similar context that is masked. Word acceptance is hastened by an associatively related context that is not masked; this facilitation is somewhat diminished when the context is masked. Finally, word acceptance is hastened by a grammatically related context that is not masked but is unaffected when the grammatical context is masked. These results can be rationalized in terms of a model of the language processor that maintains the autonomy of prelexical and postlexical levels but permits interaction among prelexical components.
Lukatela
G
G
University of Belgrade.
Carello
C
C
Turvey
M T
MT
D000293:Adolescent; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010700:Phonetics; D011932:Reading; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*